I was with her

Nikolay Petrovich Trubetskoy

I was with her; she said to me:

"I love you, my dearest friend!"

But she strictly implored me to keep

this secret from her girlfriend.

I was with her, not for golden riches

she swore to trade me;

only to me to be afire with passion,

to love me, love me like a brother.

I was with her; I will always

live with her soul, her soul.

Let her betray me,

but I will be no traitor.